* list of files

**DATA
1. Rollcallmatrix101to109corrected.csv, Rollcallmatrix110to112corrected.csv: data matrix (raw data) 
2. rc.Rdata, dta.Rdata: created from  "Rollcallmatrix101to109corrected.csv" and "Rollcallmatrix110to112corrected.csv" to be used in "main.R"
3. results.Rdata: "Anchors away" ideal point estimates (output of "main.R")
4. controls_t2.csv: explanatory variables for table 2
5. sponsorICPSR121.dta: sponsors' ICPSR (for footnote 12)
6. commonspaceDWNOMINATE.DTA: Common Space DW-NOMINATE scores (downloaded from voteview.com) for fig6
7. SL01112D21_BSSE.DTA: DW-NOMINATE scores for the Senate (downloaded from voteview.com) for fig7

**CODE
1. main.R: main code to estimate "Anchors Away" ideal points. 
2. fig3_4.R: R code to replicate fig3 and fig4
3. fig5_table2_3.R: R code to replicate fig5, tables 2 and 3, and footnote12
4. fig6.R: R code to replicate fig6
5. fig7.R: R code to replicate fig7